Dana Air, Travelstart ease travellers’ digital bookings, offer deals
DANA AIR, A MAJOR OPERATOR IN NI GERIA’S DOMESTIC AVIATION MARKET, AND TRAVELSTART, Africa’s largest online travel agency, are to team up to offer air travellers seamless online flight bookings, as well as exciting deals that would enable them access to smart fares. This arrangement will commence as soon as an ongoing systems integration is completed.
Amanpreet Singh, global chief operating officer, Travelstart, South Africa, and Bukky Akomolafe, country manager, Travelstart Nigeria, met with Dana Air officials recently during a courtesy visit at which further discussions on the partnership were held.
“Dana Air is a huge player in the Nigerian market and one of our biggest clients. With the continuously growing demand for Dana Air tickets on our platforms, we felt the need to enter into this integration to provide seamless booking options for our customers, which will in turn make it easy for us to also partner on very exciting deals for local air travellers,” Singh said.
He noted that Dana Air has a lot of customer-centric online products and services and Travelstart will consider a lot of partnerships and business development initiatives that will not only be beneficial to the customers but will accentuate the brand essence of both Dana Air and Travelstart Nigeria.
Sukhjinder Mann, deputy chief executive officer, Dana Air, commenting during the visit said, “Dana Air is always super excited to consider anything and everything that will empower our customers or offer them a hassle-free service from the point of booking to flying you to your destination.
“Travelstart is a global brand and one of our biggest agents doing very well in terms of daily sales and we do appreciate this. As soon as the integration is completed, our customers can be rest assured of getting more seamless options and better deals from this partnership.
“We have a lot also in the kitty from our gradual strategic fleet renewal plan to route expansion drive to provide reliable options to customers on certain routes in Nigeria. We are building a brand everyone will be proud of and I can assure you we will get there. We are glad to have you onboard as our strategic business partner,” Mann assured.